Blackburnian warbler

[ blak-bur-nee-uhn ]

noun

1. a black-and-white North American wood warbler, Dendroica fusca, having an orange throat and an orange and black head.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blackburnian warbler¹

1775–85, Americanism; named after Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 18th-century Englishwoman; -ian

Example Sentences

Had the Blackburnian Warbler been seen in this neighbourhood, as he had been told?

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